Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs, and Fans

Michele Hilmes (Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison),Matt Hills (Professor of Media and Film, Professor of Media and Film, University of Huddersfield),Roberta Pearson (Professor of Film and Television Studies, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham)

Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs, and Fans
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Published
29 January 2019
Pages
336
ISBN
9780190663124

Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs, and Fans

Michele Hilmes (Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison),Matt Hills (Professor of Media and Film, Professor of Media and Film, University of Huddersfield),Roberta Pearson (Professor of Film and Television Studies, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham)

In 2014, the UK science-fiction television series Black Mirror was released on Netflix worldwide, quickly becoming a hit with US audiences. Like other beloved British imports, this series piqued Americans’ interest with hints of dark comedy, clever plotlines, and six-episode seasons that left audiences frantic for more. In Transatlantic Television Drama, volume editors Michele Hilmes, Matt Hills, and Roberta Pearson team up with leading scholars in TV studies and transnational television to look at how serial dramas like Black Mirror captivate US audiences, and what this reveals about the ways Americans and Brits relate to each other on and off the screen.Focusing on production strategies, performance styles, and audience reception, chapters delve into some of the most widely-discussed programs on the transatlantic circuit, from ongoing series like Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Orphan Black, and Sherlock, to those with long histories of transnational circulation like Masterpiece and Doctor Who, to others whose transnational success speaks to the process of exchange, adaptation, and cooperation such as Rome, Parade’s End, Broadchurch, and Gracepoint. The book’s first section investigates the platforms that support British/American exchange, from distribution partnerships and satellite providers to streaming services. The second section concentrates on the shift in meaning across cultural contexts, such as invocations of heritage, genre shifts in adaptation, performance styles, and, in the case of Episodes, actual dramatized depiction of the process of transatlantic television production. In section three, attention turns to contexts of audience reception, ranging from fan conventions and fiction to television criticism, the effects of national branding on audiences, and the role of social media in de- or re-contextualizing fans’ response to transnational programs.

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